Upcoming Events at Discovery Green
Wed Nov 27, 6:00 AM - Wed Nov 27, 11:30 PM
1500 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010
Community: Downtown Houston
Description
Master origami artist Kevin Fu leads a workshop in making origami birds like the birds in Paloma. Enjoy this ancient art form and help create a public origami mural to be displayed at Discovery Green!
Event Details
Paloma Sponsored by PNC Bank is a temporary, site-specific public art installation in two parts. Paloma, created by French creative studio Pitaya, is a series of 200 colorful aluminum “origami” birds, which will be suspended from the canopy along Discovery Green’s Brown Promenade and will be illuminated by dynamic LED lights after dusk to create the illusion of flight. Complementing Paloma is Here and Now, a sound installation by Houston-based artist and anthropologist Lina Dib, whose work explores ecological change and global migration. Dib’s choreographed sounds will dance along the Brown Promenade in conversation with Pitaya’s sculptures to create an immersive and contemplative experience beneath the park’s century-old live oaks.
The exhibition will be on view from November 22, 2019 through Feb. 24, 2020.
SPECIAL PROGRAMMING
Frostival Friday, November 22,
6 – 10 pm.
Paloma Sponsored by PNC Bank officially opens to the public during Discovery Green’s winter carnival featuring ice skating and ice carving with an expected attendance of over 10,000 revelers.
Paloma Origami workshops
Sundays, November 24, December 1 and 8,
1-3 pm.
Photography Workshop
Wednesdays, December 18, January 15, February 19,
6:30-8pm.
Learn how to capture moments in time during Houston Center for Photography classes as you explore the illuminated art installation, Paloma, and other features of the park. Meet at the Morgan Reading Room (behind the Lakehouse Café) and glean photography knowledge from experts in the field. Topics will include introduction to composition, photographing at night and shutter speed (Dec. 18), motion and panning (Jan. 15), and creating a mini-series (Feb. 19). For more information, please visit HCP's website at hcponline.org.
Urban Bird Walk
Walk with an expert to discover the real wildlife of downtown Houston! These free workshops will begin and end at Discovery Green. Wear your walking shoes and meet at the Lakehouse Café in the park.
Saturday, December 14,
4-5 pm.
Led by Nature Discovery Center
Friday, Feb 14
11:30 am-12:30 pm.
Lovebirds for Valentine’s Day! Led by Nature Discovery Center.
Mindfulness in Nature
Saturday, January 11
11 am-1
The exhibition will be on view from November 22, 2019 through Feb. 24, 2020.
SPECIAL PROGRAMMING
Frostival Friday, November 22,
6 – 10 pm.
Paloma Sponsored by PNC Bank officially opens to the public during Discovery Green’s winter carnival featuring ice skating and ice carving with an expected attendance of over 10,000 revelers.
Paloma Origami workshops
Sundays, November 24, December 1 and 8,
1-3 pm.
Photography Workshop
Wednesdays, December 18, January 15, February 19,
6:30-8pm.
Learn how to capture moments in time during Houston Center for Photography classes as you explore the illuminated art installation, Paloma, and other features of the park. Meet at the Morgan Reading Room (behind the Lakehouse Café) and glean photography knowledge from experts in the field. Topics will include introduction to composition, photographing at night and shutter speed (Dec. 18), motion and panning (Jan. 15), and creating a mini-series (Feb. 19). For more information, please visit HCP's website at hcponline.org.
Urban Bird Walk
Walk with an expert to discover the real wildlife of downtown Houston! These free workshops will begin and end at Discovery Green. Wear your walking shoes and meet at the Lakehouse Café in the park.
Saturday, December 14,
4-5 pm.
Led by Nature Discovery Center
Friday, Feb 14
11:30 am-12:30 pm.
Lovebirds for Valentine’s Day! Led by Nature Discovery Center.
Mindfulness in Nature
Saturday, January 11
11 am-1
